American Splendor #17 (1993) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Series: American Splendor (Dark Horse, 1993 series)
Issue: #17
Publication date: July 1993
Key date: July 13, 1993
On-sale date: July 13, 1993
Indicia publisher: Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Price: $4.95; 6.20 CAD
Pages: 60

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Joe Zabel; inks: Gary Dumm; colors: J. R. Stats; letters: Gary Dumm	Harvey Pekar
1	Time	comic story	1	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco; letters: Joe Sacco
2	Before I Was Born	comic story	3	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco; letters: Joe Sacco	Harvey Pekar
3	Austere Youth	comic story	8	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Frank Stack; inks: Frank Stack; letters: Frank Stack	Harvey Pekar
4	Red Baited	comic story	4	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Frank Stack; inks: Frank Stack; letters: Frank Stack	Harvey Pekar
5	Sheiboneth Beis Hamikdosh	comic story	2	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Harvey Pekar
6	Hitherto Untold	comic story	11	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Joe Zabel; inks: Gary Dumm, J. R. Stats; letters: Gary Dumm	Harvey Pekar
7	Sonny Speaks	comic story	2	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Joe Zabel; inks: Gary Dumm; letters: Gary Dumm	Harvey Pekar
8	Mr. Boats On Longevity	comic story	1	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Paul Mavrides; inks: Paul Mavrides; letters: Paul Mavrides	Mr. Boats, Harvey Pekar, Rollins
9	Distancing....	comic story	1	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: J. R. Stats; inks: J. R. Stats; letters: J. R. Stats	Harvey Pekar
10	Call Me Shane	comic story	3	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Gary Dumm; inks: Gary Dumm; letters: Gary Dumm	Harvey Pekar
11	Inky Dies	comic story	6	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Frank Stack; inks: Frank Stack; letters: Frank Stack	Joyce Brabner, Harvey Pekar
12	Cat Scan	comic story	7	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Alex Wald; inks: Alex Wald; letters: Alex Wald	Joyce Brabner, Harvey Pekar
13	Holding On	comic story	4	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Alex Wald; inks: Alex Wald; letters: Alex Wald	Harvey Pekar
14	Bringing You Up to Date	comic story	4	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Gerry Shamray; inks: Gerry Shamray; letters: Gerry Shamray	Joyce Brabner, Harvey Pekar
15	The Last Word In Answers	comic story	1	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Carole Sobocinski; inks: Carole Sobocinski; letters: Carole Sobocinski	Harvey Pekar, Toby Radloff
16	Emil Heifetz's Stories of the Great Depression	comic story	1	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Joe Zabel; inks: Gary Dumm; colors: J. R. Stats; letters: Gary Dumm	Harvey Pekar

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